Example sentences of "[prep] not [v-ing] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact love has been defined as not looking at each other , but looking in the same direction . |
| 2 | or , or alternatively because I have n't , I have made this clear throughout , I come to the conclusion that the , the questions as posed erm or posed in any court which any one has yet suggested really ca n't , ca n't be answered or , or there are reasons for not answering at this stage whatever it may be |
| 3 | He said that " the essence of the duty seems more likely to be that of not using without paying rather than of not using at all " . |
| 4 | Having more than 20 cigarettes a day doubles the risk compared with not smoking at all , and it takes about a year of non-smoking for that risk to return to normal . |
| 5 | The logic of this view is that there is no harm in voting Labour or Liberal , or in not voting at all . |
| 6 | Was it really better to love and lose than to try and avoid the inevitable pain by not loving at all ? |